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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A style of male singing where by partial use of the vocal chords - the voice is able to reach the pitch of a female.
Falsetto
Medley
Impromptu
Canon
2. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played very slow and serious.
Recital
Notation
Grazioso
Grave
3. A symbol in sheet music a direction to play energetically.
Treble
Parody
Drone
Energico
4. A musical composition written solely to improve technique. Often performed for artistic interest.
Opus
Etude
Dissonance
Rigaudon
5. String instruments that are picked instead of bowed.
Pizzicato
Finale
Orchestra
Resonance
6. A musical composition written solely to improve technique. Often performed for artistic interest.
Minuet
Etude
Interlude
Harmony
7. Introduction to an opera or other large musical work.
Overture
Classical
Encore
Deceptive cadence
8. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Classicism
Accelerando
Leading note
Galliard
9. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Carol
Galliard
Sonata
Scherzo
10. A set of five musicians who perform a composition written for five parts.
Quintet
Soprano
Falsetto
Etude
11. Two or three melodic lines played at the same time.
Chorus
Counterpoint
Obbligato
Espressivo
12. An important characteristic of the Romantic period. It is a style where the strict tempo is temporarily abandoned for a more emotional tone.
Fourth
Vivace
Finale
Rubato
13. Introduction to an opera or other large musical work.
Orchestra
Cantata
Overture
Polytonality
14. An important characteristic of the Romantic period. It is a style where the strict tempo is temporarily abandoned for a more emotional tone.
Opus
Rubato
Ensemble
Grazioso
15. Combination of two or more keys being played at the same time.
Homophony
Rigaudon
Conductor
Polytonality
16. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
Ricercar
Refrain
Sonata
Castrato
17. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1700's to mid 1800's. The music was spare and emotionally reserved - especially when compared to Romantic and Boroque music.
Oratorio
Classical
Ricercar
Whole-tone scale
18. A musical composition that has a romantic or dreamy character with nocturnal associations.
Nocturne
Grave
Polyphony
Stretto
19. The structure of a piece of music.
Form
Leitmotif
Timbre
Opus
20. A reprise.
Recapitulation
Madrigal
Elegy
Musette
21. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.
Rhythm
Tonality
Partial
March
22. Music written to be sung or played in unison.
Part
Homophony
Relative pitch
Orchestra
23. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.
A cappella
Operetta
Chord
Harmony
24. A composition written for three voices and instruments performed by three people
Tonality
Trio
Gregorian Chant
Medley
25. One of the two modes of the tonal system. The minor mode can be identified by the dark - melancholic mood.
Consonance
March
Trio
Minor
26. An extended cantata on a sacred subject.
Timbre
Oratorio
Time Signature
Etude
27. The keyboard of a stringed instrument.
Scordatura
Clavier
Fugue
Cantata
28. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.
Renaissance
Prelude
Stretto
Grandioso
29. Lowest female singing voice.
Reed
Cantabile
Contralto
Accelerando
30. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.
Temperament
Whole note
Oratorio
Legato
31. A repeated phrase.
Ostinato
Glissando
Fifth
Conductor
32. A short light musical drama.
Sequence
Whole note
Operetta
Tempo
33. A chord comprised of three whole tones resulting in an augmented fourth or diminished fifth.
Castrato
Allegro
Tritone
Cantabile
34. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.
Root
Voice
Concert master
Medley
35. Eight full tones above the key note where the scale begins and ends.
Opus
Octave
Interlude
Chord progression
36. A solo concert with or without accompaniment.
Recital
Drone
Reed
Partita
37. A composition written for three to six voices. Beginning with the exposition - each voice enters at different times - creating counterpoint with one another.
Natural
Scale
Theme
Fugue
38. A drama where the words are sung instead of spoken.
Chamber music
A cappella
Timbre
Opera
39. Primary theme or subject that is developed.
Cadenza
Motif
Overture
Sonata form
40. A melodic or - sometimes a harmonic idea presented in a musical form.
Operetta
Glee
Theme
Pastoral
41. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Fifth
Maestro
Chorale
Oratorio
42. A symbol in sheet music that returns a note to its original pitch after it has been augmented or diminished.
Introduction
Scherzo
Natural
Recapitulation
43. Singing or chanting in unison without strict rhythm. Collected during the Reign of Pope Gregory VIII for psalms and other other parts of the church service.
Rubato
Gregorian Chant
Orchestra
Maestro
44. A direction to play lively and fast.
Mezzo
Clef
Allegro
Octet
45. The first section of a movement written in sonata form - introducing the melodies and themes.
Exposition
Castrato
Polytonality
Staccato
46. The movement of chords in succession.
Progression
Chromatic scale
Ricercar
Romantic
47. Group of singers in a chorus.
Tone
Clavier
Choir
Encore
48. The interval between two notes. Three whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Development
Contralto
Fifth
Rubato
49. A set of four musicians who perform a composition written for four parts.
Ostinato
Reprise
Quartet
Exposition
50. Made up of five horizontal parallel lines and the spaces between them on which musical notation is written.
Opera
Ornaments
Key signature
Staff